About Great Big Lake Design

Great Big Lake is a design company focused on artful and thoughtful design. We primarily design websites and branding for professionals and small to medium sized businesses. Founded by Susan (Sue) Baily Weaver and Jake Weaver, Great Big Lake works closely with clients to express the essence of who they are and to communicate the value that they offer to others.

Great Big Lake Design is located in Moscow, Idaho amidst the rolling hills of the Palouse. Moscow and nearby Pullman, WA are both college towns, making the surrounding community quite diverse and alive with a constant stream of students and academics from all parts of the world.

Why the Name?

So, we’ve heard it before and are sure we’ll hear it again, “There’s no lake in Moscow, Idaho, why’d you name your company that?” Well, the honest answer is that we love lakes and it’s a line from a song we like (and we couldn’t agree on anything else). While growing up, Sue and Jake both spent some of the best and most memorable times of their childhood lives exploring and playing on, in, and around Payette Lake and the great town of McCall, Idaho located on its southern shoreline.

Sue Baily Weaver

Sue Baily Weaver is a graphic artist who focuses on designing brands and building websites. She earned her BFA from the University of Idaho in graphic/interface design and has been creating websites for over 15 years. Sue thinks the best part about being a designer is that she gets to learn about other subjects during the process of working with clients from a variety of industries. As a part of her ongoing professional development, Sue became a certified digital business consultant with WP Elevation.

Besides working in the design field, Sue is a band geek (she also has a B.Mus. from the University of Idaho), an artist, and a mindfulness enthusiast. She is a member of the Palouse Women Artists and frequents west coast WordPress Meetups over Zoom. When she can, she likes to play her marimba as well as play along badly with the Magnetic Fields on her ukulele. As her family knows, Sue also has a strange affinity for 11:11.

For more on her design philosophy, view Sue Weaver’s artist statement.

Jake Weaver

Jake Weaver, originally from Boise, Idaho, moved to Moscow in the early 90’s to attend college and never left. He earned both a BA in English and his MBA through the University of Idaho. Jake is one of those strange types who actually enjoys writing. Though currently employed at the University of Idaho, he provides Great Big Lake with IT, marketing and administrative support.

Along with writing, Jake is also an avid reader who enjoys the outdoors, swimming, cycling, and spending time playing with the dog. If he is not involved in one of these activities, then it is a safe bet you will find him spending time happily getting lost in the vegetable garden or locked onto his computer screen learning about Proxmox.